My father said that the old Guo family was originally a minor official of the Chen State. After the fall of the Chen State, they fled to Guanzhong, begged for food all the way to Chang'an, and settled down here.
For hundreds of years, the Guo family has spread its branches in Chang'an, and the total number of clan members is probably in the thousands.
Until she got married, Guo Xiu grew up in the boasts of her fathers - what the old Guo family was like back then...
In the early morning, Guo Xiuyou woke up and moved a little. Her husband Wang Fu beside her farted and said dissatisfied: "It's still early!"
"I'll get up early to cook for the children, but I still have to do things!"
Guo Xiu pulled off the thin quilt and got out of bed furiously.
"Get up quickly!"
she urged.
The bedroom is old and smells of rotten wood. The smell becomes stronger when it rains. Wang Fu often said that this is the heritage of Lao Wang's family.
The wooden house is neat and tidy. In the eyes of ordinary people, this does have some heritage. Most people's houses are just earth houses. Even if they are wooden houses, they are not as big as Lao Wang's house.
The ancestors of the Wang family were all from Guanzhong. In the former Chen Dynasty, a certain ancestor once worked as a groom for the imperial censor of the Chen State. Later, the chicken and dog ascended to heaven and became the county magistrate.
It's a pity that the imperial censor later fell from power, and even the ancestors of the old Wang family also ate Guiluo and went home to eat old rice.
"The heritage of Lao Wang's family!" Wang Fu took a deep breath.
"If there had been no corruption back then, Lao Wang's family wouldn't have such a big house." Guo Xiu put on her clothes and raised her hands to fix her hair.
"What are you talking about?" Wang Fu said lazily: "The Wang family's ancestors are known for their integrity."
"Incorruptible and honest, I'm just a county magistrate. Tell me, how many years will it take to be a county magistrate? How much salary will it take to build such a big house? If nothing else, how much are those big logs worth?"
Guo Xiu tied up her hair casually and opened the bedroom door.
Anger sinks in Dantian...
"Wake up!"
Suddenly Lao Wang's family was in a state of panic.
Several children got up, and the eldest brother shouted for his younger brother to clean up, while he wanted to squat in the pit. However, the second eldest brother occupied the pit first, and the two couldn't argue...
The only daughter, Wang Qin, was only six years old. She said in a soft voice: "Aniang."
Guo Xiu entered his daughter's bedroom and said, "Sit down."
Combing her daughter's hair is Guo Xiu's favorite thing to do every day.
"Everyone get out!"
Wang Fu drove out the two sons who were vying for the pit position.
While squatting in the pit, he said: "I will go to Chen's house later to ask about the land that may have been rented from his house."
"The annual rent for the Chen family's land is quite high." Guo Xiu gently combed his daughter's hair with a wooden comb.
"It's safe at least!"
"What's stable? I have some money at home, so I want to buy some land."
"The price of land is so high nowadays, how can you afford it?"
"I think it will be low!"
"Why?"
"I went shopping for groceries the day before yesterday, and I heard a junior officer from the Northern Xinjiang Army saying that the King of Qin hated the annexation of land, and would definitely punish those wealthy families and powerful people."
"Haha! This has never been said in any dynasty or generation? But is it useful? It's useless..." Wang Fu farted, "The steward of the Chen family said that now there are more people who want to rent his family's land.
If you go late, it will be gone.”
"Our family lives very hard by renting his land. If something big or small happens, where can we find money?"
"Borrow it! Mr. Chen is generous and says that the tenants in the family only lend money."
Guo Xiu was stunned for a moment, and her daughter raised her head and said, "Aniang."
Guo Xiu sighed, "Don't you know? Once you borrow a loan, you will most likely not be able to repay it in the end. In the end, your whole family will have to become his slaves..."
"I think slaves are not bad." Wang Fu said happily: "There is no need to think about anything, just farm the land."
Guo Xiu suppressed her anger, "What should we do with the children?"
"Is farming bad?"
"I also want the boss and the second child to study!"
"Studying? Pfft!" Wang Fu laughed so hard that he almost fell down, "Only people of that generation in the old Wang family have read books, and those after him are either farming or working."
"The King of Qin said that the children of ordinary families can also study, and... we should let our children study more, not the children of rich families!" Guo Xiu's hand became heavier unknowingly, and the girl's scalp hurt, "Auntie
,it hurts!"
"Oh oh oh!" Guo Xiu quickly let go, and then cursed at the pit: "If you want to be a slave, you can go home, and I will take my three children and live an upright life."
"Bah!" Wang Fu scolded: "Now that the world is in chaos, the only way out is to rely on the big families. You, too, want to live an upright life? Who can be upright these days? There are only big families, powerful officials, and powerful businessmen. We ordinary people have only one way.
Lower your head."
"Why should you bow your head?" Guo Xiu got angry and walked out of the room and said, "Didn't you listen to what those people said? The King of Qin said, why doesn't I enter Chang'an City? It's because everything in Chang'an City is unfair. Once I enter, I will
City, what is it for..."
She thought for a moment and waved the comb, "I went to Chang'an alone for the sake of fairness, fairness, fairness for my special mother!"
The couple quarreled for a while early in the morning. After breakfast, Guo Xiu went to help out in the shop. She was quick in work and was highly appreciated by the owner. Her wages were increased twice. Therefore, in Lao Wang's family, the woman is now the head of the family.
Wang Fudu muttered, and after his wife went out, he sat under the eaves and asked his two sons to get bamboo.
Use a hatchet to crack the bamboo, then crack it again... and finally make it into thin bamboo strips, and then start to weave bamboo utensils.
It is unknown when the bamboo craftsmanship in the Central Plains began. Wang Fu was the third generation of the Wang family to be a bamboo craftsman.
…
Guo Xiu works in Lin's Dessert Shop. She looks sincere and can talk. She is strong and fast at work. She is highly valued by the shopkeeper Lin Huo.
"Coming?"
The shop had been opened long ago. Lin Huo was squatting outside eating buns. When he saw Guo Xiu coming, he said, "I heard that King Qin invaded the Southern Zhou Dynasty."
"Yes! I have heard about it too." These days, King Qin's southern expedition is the topic of greatest concern to the people of Chang'an. There is also a lot of discussion in the market, and Guo Xiu has heard a lot of rumors.
After entering the shop, Guo Xiu took out the remaining snacks from yesterday and placed them outside.
Then she brought some wheat flour in, kneaded the dough, and kneaded the dough... This was not her job, but whenever she had time, Guo Xiu couldn't take it easy and was willing to help others.
"A beautiful woman, it's a pity that she is a bit mediocre, otherwise those powerful families would be willing to marry a woman like you." Lin Huo stood up and put the empty bowl on the counter.
"The shopkeeper is joking!" Guo Xiu laughed while kneading the dough: "But my daughter is very beautiful."
"Really? Let's take a look at it sometime." Lin Huo said casually. As for whether the daughter of a helper is beautiful... can she be beautiful?
Guo Xiu took it seriously.
The next morning, she brought her daughter Wang Qin to the store.
"Oh! Did you really bring it?" Lin Huo looked up and saw their mother and daughter and couldn't help but be happy.
Six-year-old Guo Qin held her mother's sleeve and looked at Lin Huo timidly. Her beautiful features gave her a refreshing look like a clear spring.
Guo Xiu smiled and said, "Qin'er is calling me."
Guo Qin had a decent figure and said softly: "I've seen... I've seen Mr. Lin."
"What a pretty little lady!" Lin Huo laughed and took out two pennies, "Take it to buy food."
"This is impossible!" Guo Xiu declined politely.
"It's just a meeting gift!" Lin Huo wanted Guo Xiu to work at his house for a long time, so he naturally had to win over her.
But Guo Xiu refused to accept it.
"You woman! You are so stubborn! But your temper is stronger than most men!" Lin Huo accepted the copper coins.
A waiter came late and was looked at coldly by him, and quickly explained, "I passed by Zhuque Street earlier and heard someone saying that the King of Qin was going to fight something... a decisive battle with the Southern Zhou Dynasty, so I came a little late."
"We're going to fight? With whom?"
"It's about what...Han..."
"Han Bi!" Lin Huo slapped his thigh, "That's the general of the Southern Zhou Dynasty! This battle! If we win, the territory of the Tang Dynasty will be huge."
Everyone discussed for a while and then went about their business.
Guo Xiu asked his daughter to sit behind the counter while he went to the front to sell snacks.
A regular customer made fun of Wang Qin when he saw her: "Your daughter is so pretty, but she wants to marry my son?"
"Dream!" Guo Xiuye said with a smile.
In their free time, everyone gathered together and discussed the war that would determine the general trend of the Central Plains.
"Don't lose!" Lin Huo prayed.
"Don't worry, shopkeeper, we will definitely not lose," Guo Xiu said.
"Why?"
"My husband and I had a quarrel. My husband wanted to be a sharecropper, but I didn't want to. I just thought that if His Highness went to Chang'an, it would be fair. Then I could save some money and buy land generously."
"Afraid of being annexed?" Lin Huo asked.
"Yes! Those people have many means, and the government is run by them. If they like your land, they will always find a way to take it away. That's why I don't dare to buy it."
"Guanzhong is the paradise of those people!" Lin Huo shook his head, "I am content to just guard this small shop."
"I hope King Qin will triumph soon." Guo Xiu prayed.
…
In the afternoon, after a busy day, Guo Xiu took her daughter and prepared to go home.
The mother and daughter walked to Zhuque Street. Wang Qin ate a lot at the snack shop, but now she still couldn't let go of the steaming food on the street.
"Eat, eat, eat. Three children are like three pigs. We can't even feed them." Guo Xiu said with a smile.
"Aniang."
"Why!"
"There's the sound of horse hooves!"
"where?"
The child's mind is not occupied, while the adult's mind is full of thoughts, so the child can hear sounds that the adult cannot hear.
Guo Xiu turned around.
I saw more than ten riders galloping towards me covered in dust.
"Great victory!"
"Your Highness defeated Bianjing, Nian Xu returned and surrendered!"
Guo Xiu was startled, and then said happily: "Is this... His Highness is coming back? Oh my God! The world will be at peace."
"Peace!" Wang Qin also shouted.
…
When the good news reached the imperial city, Liu Qing and others were overjoyed. They immediately asked Princess Zhou Ning for instructions and rewarded the lonely old man in Chang'an with food and wine in the name of Princess Qin.
Next, the soldiers and people of Chang'an were eagerly looking forward to King Qin's triumphant return.
But those meat eaters gathered frequently, speculating on what changes King Qin would bring to Chang'an and themselves.
…
One early morning in late autumn, the King of Qin led more than ten thousand cavalry into Chang'an City.
Guo Xiu was taking his daughter to work in the shop these days, so that he could teach his daughter about home affairs. When he heard the news that King Qin had entered the city, he took his daughter and ran away.
"Hey hey hey!"
Lin Huo wanted to go and see it, but Guo Xiu ran away, and the guys also ran away in a puff of smoke.
"What's so good about it? Could it be that King Qin still likes you?" Lin Huo muttered.
…
"Your Highness, Chitose!"
When Guo Xiu rushed to Zhuque Street, King Qin happened to arrive at this section.
King Qin on horseback smiled and waved to everyone around him.
"Aniang!"
Guo Xiu's hand was pulled, and then her daughter's hand was taken away.
She turned around and saw a man holding his daughter and squeezing her back.
There are so many people here that they disappear in an instant.
"Help!"
Guo Xiu chased and screamed.
She pushed forward with all her strength, but there was no sign of her daughter.
"Aniang!"
Vaguely, she heard her daughter's cry, soft and soft.
Then, someone shouted: "Get out of the way!"
Guo Xiu squeezed to the street and saw her daughter standing aside, shocked.
The kidnapper was lying on the ground, and a boy was standing next to him, with one foot still on the kid's crest.
It turned out to be a child who saved Qin'er? Guo Xiu was startled and quickly saluted, "Thank you, little man!"
"No thanks!" The boy handed over his hand and looked a little stunned.
"Dare I ask Xiao Langjun's name?" Guo Xiu solemnly said that the old Guo family never did anything wrong, "I will work at Lin's Dessert Shop in Xinghuafang, and I will definitely go to Xiao Langjun's house to express my thanks."
"No need to thank you." The boy scratched his head, "My name is... Yang Qi."